Dark Shadows

Supernatural television serial

Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that aired from 1966 to 1971, featuring vampires, ghosts, and supernatural storylines unusual for daytime television.

The show developed a cult following and has been revived and adapted multiple times.

The phrase sometimes describes anything with a similar gothic, melodramatic atmosphere: The old mansion had a real Dark Shadows vibe.

Related

gothic horror · secret passages · ghosts · crypt · soap opera · daytime television · Collins · witchcraft · coffin · bloodlust · haunting · vampires · creature of the night · blood drinking · eerie atmosphere · horror · gothic romance · paranormal

Opposites
tone and atmosphere

Dark ShadowsThe Brady Bunch

Iconic merged household comedy

Bewitched · Happy Days · The Partridge Family · Gilligan's Island · Good Times

time slot and format

Dark Shadowsprimetime drama

Scripted show at peak viewing

General Hospital · Dallas · Dynasty · Another World

genre content

Dark ShadowsGeneral Hospital

Daytime medical serial on ABC

Another World · light entertainment · Sesame Street · Captain Kangaroo · social realism

Family

dark, shade, shadow, shady, darkness, shaded, shadowy, darken, shadows

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG